MA Scottish Literature
Entry requirements
A level: ABB or BBB (Additional requirements: A-level English or another Humanities subject.) IB: 34 (6,5,5) (Additional requirements: English HL6 or Humanities HL6 with English SL6.) Scottish Higher: BBBB is the minimum requirement from S5 to be reviewed for an S6 offer Offers are not guaranteed to applicants who meet the minimum from S5 Typically offers will be made at AAAAB by end of S6. B at Advanced Higher is equivalent to A at Higher Additional requirements: Higher English and a Higher Humanities subject at AA. (AB or BA may be considered). Scottish Higher (widening access): MD20 : BBBB (also other target groups*) MD40 : AABB* Additional requirements: Higher English and a Higher Humanities subject. Successful completion of Top-Up or one of our Summer Schools.
About this course
MA in Scottish Literature, an English Literature and Politics and International Relations degree exploring poetry, drama, fiction, and prose from the fourteenth century to the contemporary period. Core topics include Research Methods. The department houses a dedicated academic unit and the Centre for Robert Burns Studies. The first year introduces the discipline through Scottish Literature 1A: The Fantastic and the Real and Scottish Literature 1B: Stories We Tell Ourselves. The second year continues with Scottish Literature 2A: Early Scottish Literature & Language and Scottish Literature 2B: Early Scottish Literature & Language. The later years offer extensive choices allowing students to focus on specific historical periods, genres, and critical approaches. Representative options include Modern Scottish Poetry, Contemporary Scottish Literature, Scottish Fiction under Late Capitalism, and Robert Burns. Students conclude their studies by completing either a Dissertation in Scottish Literature or an Applied Dissertation with Placement in Scottish Literature.
Modules
- Scottish Literature 1A: The Fantastic and the Real
- Scottish Literature 1B: Stories We Tell Ourselves
- Scottish Literature 2A: Early Scottish Literature & Language
- Scottish Literature 2B: Early Scottish Literature & Language
- Dissertation in Scottish Literature
- Applied Dissertation with Placement in Scottish Literature
- From the Beginnings to the Early Modern in Older Scots Literature (1375-1501)
- Memorialising Scottish Culture and Literature
- Modern Scottish Poetry
- Scottish Writers
- Scottish Fiction under Late Capitalism
- Scottish Journeys
- Scottish Literature: Theory and Criticism
- Alternative Renaissances
- Contemporary Scottish Literature
- Popular Literary Enlightenment, 1710 - 1790
- Textual Editing: Scottish Texts
- Robert Burns